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Walkinstown House - Views

The gate

The gate was to the NW side, on Walkinstown Rd.
The old wall was plastered over.

The gate on Walkinstown Rd.
Photo late 1960s from the Mansfield-O'Flynn family.
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The gate on Walkinstown Rd.
"WALKINSTOWN" was on the thin rectangular section near the top of the LHS pillar, "HOUSE" on the RHS pillar.
Photo late 1960s from the Mansfield-O'Flynn family.
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The W side

The avenue from the gate led to the W side of the house.
Here was a side porch.

The reason for this odd approach to the side of the house was that this was a new road.
The old maps show that the original approach would have been from the N, to the front of the house.
The old road was removed, and this new approach made, to the side of the house.
In the new layout, you could not drive to the front. You had to park at the side and then walk through a gate round to the front.

The drive up to the W side of the house from the gate.
Photo late 1960s from the Mansfield-O'Flynn family.
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The W side of the house.
Photo late 1960s from the Mansfield-O'Flynn family.
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The W side of the house. Dr. Mansfield-O'Flynn.
Photo late 1960s from the Mansfield-O'Flynn family.
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Finola Flanagan says that in her time, this was used as the entrance to the house. The old front door on the NE side was rarely used.

The W side of the house. View from the SW.
Photo late 1960s from the Mansfield-O'Flynn family.
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The N side (the front)

The front of the house was to the N side. One would go up the avenue to the W side and then go around the house to the front door.

Here was the main front porch.

The front. Photo 1954.
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The front.
Photo late 1960s from the Mansfield-O'Flynn family.
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Front door, Walkinstown House.
Nora and Peggy (born 23rd Aug 1934), "age 7 ½ months", i.e. Apr 1935.
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The porch, Walkinstown House.
Frank Flanagan and his daughter Deirdre, c.1938-39.
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The porch, Walkinstown House.
Peggy, the nurse, and Deirdre, c.1938-39.

The porch, Walkinstown House. Photo c.1943.
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Walkinstown House, July 1956.
This is the front RHS.
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The E side (the back)

This is actually the E side of the front.
I have it here to show in the background the door into the area at the E side of the house.
This door is seen from the other side below.
This is to the LHS (E side) of the front, showing the edge of the house, and the wall leading E to the orchard.
This is Frank Flanagan and his daughter Peggy (born 23rd Aug 1934), "age 7 ½ months", i.e. Apr 1935.
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The "back" of the house (the E side). Here were the kitchens.
The door in the wall is the far side of the door seen above.
Through the door in the wall is (to the left) the front of the house (the N side), and (to the right) the orchard.
Photo is taken from the stables to the S.
Photo late 1960s from the Mansfield-O'Flynn family.
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The S side (the stables)

The stables, to the S of the house. These are the stables in the centre to the S of the house. There were other outbuildings along the edges.
Photo late 1960s from the Mansfield-O'Flynn family.
Stables would be kept at this time for hunting rather than for transport.
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Finola, Peggy, and think Paddy Ward, who used to work at Walkinstown.
Walkinstown, c.1944.

The interior

Nora Stack, drawing room, Walkinstown House.

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